diff --git a/data/config/pamac.conf b/data/config/pamac.conf
index 1790da1..6d6c210 100644
--- a/data/config/pamac.conf
+++ b/data/config/pamac.conf
@@ -19,5 +19,8 @@ RefreshPeriod = 6
 ## When AUR support is enabled check for updates from AUR:
 #CheckAURUpdates
 
+## AUR build directory:
+BuildDirectory = /tmp
+
 ## Do not ask for confirmation when building packages:
 #NoConfirmBuild
diff --git a/po/pamac.pot b/po/pamac.pot
index 554843c..db19312 100644
--- a/po/pamac.pot
+++ b/po/pamac.pot
@@ -549,6 +549,10 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Number of versions of each package to keep in the cache"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: ../src/preferences_dialog.vala
+msgid "Build directory"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: ../src/preferences_dialog.vala
 msgid "Worldwide"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/resources/preferences_dialog.ui b/resources/preferences_dialog.ui
index bf50579..abf6812 100644
--- a/resources/preferences_dialog.ui
+++ b/resources/preferences_dialog.ui
@@ -620,6 +620,48 @@ All AUR users should be familiar with the build process.</property>
                     <property name="position">2</property>
                   </packing>
                 </child>
+                <child>
+                  <object class="GtkBox" id="box3">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                    <property name="margin_left">26</property>
+                    <property name="spacing">12</property>
+                    <property name="homogeneous">True</property>
+                    <child>
+                      <object class="GtkLabel" id="aur_build_dir_label">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                        <property name="halign">start</property>
+                        <property name="hexpand">True</property>
+                      </object>
+                      <packing>
+                        <property name="expand">False</property>
+                        <property name="fill">True</property>
+                        <property name="position">0</property>
+                      </packing>
+                    </child>
+                    <child>
+                      <object class="GtkFileChooserButton" id="aur_build_dir_file_chooser">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                        <property name="halign">end</property>
+                        <property name="margin_left">24</property>
+                        <property name="action">select-folder</property>
+                        <property name="title" translatable="yes"/>
+                      </object>
+                      <packing>
+                        <property name="expand">False</property>
+                        <property name="fill">True</property>
+                        <property name="position">1</property>
+                      </packing>
+                    </child>
+                  </object>
+                  <packing>
+                    <property name="expand">False</property>
+                    <property name="fill">True</property>
+                    <property name="position">3</property>
+                  </packing>
+                </child>
                 <child>
                   <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="check_aur_updates_checkbutton">
                     <property name="label" translatable="yes">Check for updates from AUR</property>
diff --git a/src/pamac_config.vala b/src/pamac_config.vala
index a0116d4..b2cee75 100644
--- a/src/pamac_config.vala
+++ b/src/pamac_config.vala
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 		public bool no_update_hide_icon { get; private set; }
 		public bool enable_aur { get; private set; }
 		public bool search_aur { get; private set; }
+		public string aur_build_dir { get; private set; }
 		public bool check_aur_updates { get; private set; }
 		public unowned HashTable<string,string> environment_variables {
 			get {
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 			no_update_hide_icon = false;
 			enable_aur = false;
 			search_aur = false;
+			aur_build_dir = "/tmp";
 			check_aur_updates = false;
 			parse_file (conf_path);
 		}
@@ -109,6 +111,10 @@ namespace Pamac {
 							enable_aur = true;
 						} else if (key == "SearchInAURByDefault") {
 							search_aur = true;
+						} else if (key == "BuildDirectory") {
+							if (splitted.length == 2) {
+								aur_build_dir = splitted[1]._strip ();
+							}
 						} else if (key == "CheckAURUpdates") {
 							check_aur_updates = true;
 						}
@@ -188,6 +194,13 @@ namespace Pamac {
 							} else {
 								data.append (line + "\n");
 							}
+						} else if (line.contains ("BuildDirectory")) {
+							if (new_conf.lookup_extended ("BuildDirectory", null, out variant)) {
+								data.append ("BuildDirectory = %s\n".printf (variant.get_string ()));
+								new_conf.remove ("BuildDirectory");
+							} else {
+								data.append (line + "\n");
+							}
 						} else if (line.contains ("CheckAURUpdates")) {
 							if (new_conf.lookup_extended ("CheckAURUpdates", null, out variant)) {
 								if (variant.get_boolean ()) {
@@ -244,6 +257,8 @@ namespace Pamac {
 						} else {
 							data.append ("#SearchInAURByDefault\n");
 						}
+					} else if (key == "BuildDirectory") {
+						data.append ("BuildDirectory = %s\n".printf (val.get_string ()));
 					} else if (key == "CheckAURUpdates") {
 						if (val.get_boolean ()) {
 							data.append ("CheckAURUpdates\n");
diff --git a/src/preferences_dialog.vala b/src/preferences_dialog.vala
index a3cae9d..c019de6 100644
--- a/src/preferences_dialog.vala
+++ b/src/preferences_dialog.vala
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ namespace Pamac {
 		[GtkChild]
 		Gtk.CheckButton search_aur_checkbutton;
 		[GtkChild]
+		Gtk.Label aur_build_dir_label;
+		[GtkChild]
+		Gtk.FileChooserButton aur_build_dir_file_chooser;
+		[GtkChild]
 		Gtk.CheckButton check_aur_updates_checkbutton;
 		[GtkChild]
 		Gtk.Label cache_keep_nb_label;
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 			this.transaction = transaction;
 			refresh_period_label.set_markup (dgettext (null, "How often to check for updates, value in hours") +":");
 			cache_keep_nb_label.set_markup (dgettext (null, "Number of versions of each package to keep in the cache") +":");
+			aur_build_dir_label.set_markup (dgettext (null, "Build directory") +":");
 			remove_unrequired_deps_button.active = transaction.recurse;
 			check_space_button.active = transaction.get_checkspace ();
 			if (transaction.refresh_period == 0) {
@@ -133,10 +138,20 @@ namespace Pamac {
 			enable_aur_button.active = transaction.enable_aur;
 			search_aur_checkbutton.active = transaction.search_aur;
 			search_aur_checkbutton.sensitive = transaction.enable_aur;
+			aur_build_dir_label.sensitive = transaction.enable_aur;
+			aur_build_dir_file_chooser.sensitive = transaction.enable_aur;
+			aur_build_dir_file_chooser.set_filename (transaction.aur_build_dir);
+			// add /tmp choice always visible
+			try {
+				aur_build_dir_file_chooser.add_shortcut_folder ("/tmp");
+			} catch (GLib.Error e) {
+				stderr.printf ("%s\n", e.message);
+			}
 			check_aur_updates_checkbutton.active = transaction.check_aur_updates;
 			check_aur_updates_checkbutton.sensitive = transaction.enable_aur;
 			enable_aur_button.state_set.connect (on_enable_aur_button_state_set);
 			search_aur_checkbutton.toggled.connect (on_search_aur_checkbutton_toggled);
+			aur_build_dir_file_chooser.file_set.connect (on_aur_build_dir_set);
 			check_aur_updates_checkbutton.toggled.connect (on_check_aur_updates_checkbutton_toggled);
 		}
 
@@ -187,6 +202,12 @@ namespace Pamac {
 			transaction.start_write_pamac_config (new_pamac_conf);
 		}
 
+		void on_aur_build_dir_set () {
+			var new_pamac_conf = new HashTable<string,Variant> (str_hash, str_equal);
+			new_pamac_conf.insert ("BuildDirectory", new Variant.string (aur_build_dir_file_chooser.get_filename ()));
+			transaction.start_write_pamac_config (new_pamac_conf);
+		}
+
 		void on_check_aur_updates_checkbutton_toggled () {
 			var new_pamac_conf = new HashTable<string,Variant> (str_hash, str_equal);
 			new_pamac_conf.insert ("CheckAURUpdates", new Variant.boolean (check_aur_updates_checkbutton.active));
@@ -194,7 +215,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 		}
 
 		void on_write_pamac_config_finished (bool recurse, uint64 refresh_period, bool no_update_hide_icon,
-											bool enable_aur, bool search_aur, bool check_aur_updates) {
+											bool enable_aur, bool search_aur, string aur_build_dir, bool check_aur_updates) {
 			remove_unrequired_deps_button.state = recurse;
 			if (refresh_period == 0) {
 				check_updates_button.state = false;
@@ -215,6 +236,8 @@ namespace Pamac {
 			enable_aur_button.state = enable_aur;
 			search_aur_checkbutton.active = search_aur;
 			search_aur_checkbutton.sensitive = enable_aur;
+			aur_build_dir_label.sensitive = enable_aur;
+			aur_build_dir_file_chooser.sensitive = enable_aur;
 			check_aur_updates_checkbutton.active = check_aur_updates;
 			check_aur_updates_checkbutton.sensitive = enable_aur;
 		}
diff --git a/src/system_daemon.vala b/src/system_daemon.vala
index b992e05..c28ef89 100644
--- a/src/system_daemon.vala
+++ b/src/system_daemon.vala
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 		public signal void trans_commit_finished (bool success);
 		public signal void get_authorization_finished (bool authorized);
 		public signal void write_pamac_config_finished (bool recurse, uint64 refresh_period, bool no_update_hide_icon,
-														bool enable_aur, bool search_aur, bool check_aur_updates);
+														bool enable_aur, bool search_aur, string aur_build_dir, bool check_aur_updates);
 		public signal void write_alpm_config_finished (bool checkspace);
 		public signal void write_mirrors_config_finished (string choosen_country, string choosen_generation_method);
 		public signal void generate_mirrors_list_data (string line);
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 					pamac_config.reload ();
 				}
 				write_pamac_config_finished (pamac_config.recurse, pamac_config.refresh_period, pamac_config.no_update_hide_icon,
-											pamac_config.enable_aur, pamac_config.search_aur, pamac_config.check_aur_updates);
+											pamac_config.enable_aur, pamac_config.search_aur, pamac_config.aur_build_dir, pamac_config.check_aur_updates);
 			});
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/transaction.vala b/src/transaction.vala
index c916f6c..9fbe267 100644
--- a/src/transaction.vala
+++ b/src/transaction.vala
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 		public signal void trans_commit_finished (bool success);
 		public signal void get_authorization_finished (bool authorized);
 		public signal void write_pamac_config_finished (bool recurse, uint64 refresh_period, bool no_update_hide_icon,
-														bool enable_aur, bool search_aur, bool check_aur_updates);
+														bool enable_aur, bool search_aur, string aur_build_dir, bool check_aur_updates);
 		public signal void write_alpm_config_finished (bool checkspace);
 		public signal void write_mirrors_config_finished (string choosen_country, string choosen_generation_method);
 		public signal void generate_mirrors_list_data (string line);
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 		public bool recurse { get { return pamac_config.recurse; } }
 		public uint64 refresh_period { get { return pamac_config.refresh_period; } }
 		public bool search_aur { get { return pamac_config.search_aur; } }
+		public string aur_build_dir { get { return pamac_config.aur_build_dir; } }
 
 		//Alpm.TransFlag
 		int flags;
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 		public signal void finished (bool success);
 		public signal void set_pkgreason_finished ();
 		public signal void write_pamac_config_finished (bool recurse, uint64 refresh_period, bool no_update_hide_icon,
-														bool enable_aur, bool search_aur, bool check_aur_updates);
+														bool enable_aur, bool search_aur, string aur_build_dir, bool check_aur_updates);
 		public signal void write_alpm_config_finished (bool checkspace);
 		public signal void write_mirrors_config_finished (string choosen_country, string choosen_generation_method);
 		public signal void generate_mirrors_list ();
@@ -749,7 +750,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 			try {
 				pkg = yield user_daemon.get_aur_details (pkgname);
 			} catch (IOError e) {
-				stderr.printf ("IOError: %s\n", e.message); 
+				stderr.printf ("IOError: %s\n", e.message);
 			}
 			return pkg;
 		}
@@ -1079,7 +1080,12 @@ namespace Pamac {
 			to_build.remove_all ();
 			string [] built_pkgs = {};
 			int status = 1;
-			string builddir = "/tmp/pamac-build-%s".printf (Environment.get_user_name ());
+			string builddir;
+			if (aur_build_dir == "/tmp") {
+				builddir = "/tmp/pamac-build-%s".printf (Environment.get_user_name ());
+			} else {
+				builddir = aur_build_dir;
+			}
 			status = yield spawn_in_term ({"mkdir", "-p", builddir});
 			if (status == 0) {
 				status = yield spawn_in_term ({"rm", "-rf", pkgname}, builddir);
@@ -1472,7 +1478,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 			previous_percent = 0;
 			previous_textbar = "";
 			total_download = total;
-			//  this is emitted at the end of the total download 
+			//  this is emitted at the end of the total download
 			// with the value 0 so stop our timer
 			if (total == 0) {
 				timer.stop ();
@@ -1748,7 +1754,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 		}
 
 		void on_write_pamac_config_finished (bool recurse, uint64 refresh_period, bool no_update_hide_icon,
-												bool enable_aur, bool search_aur, bool check_aur_updates) {
+												bool enable_aur, bool search_aur, string aur_build_dir, bool check_aur_updates) {
 			system_daemon.write_pamac_config_finished.disconnect (on_write_pamac_config_finished);
 			pamac_config.reload ();
 			flags = (1 << 4); //Alpm.TransFlag.CASCADE
@@ -1756,7 +1762,7 @@ namespace Pamac {
 				flags |= (1 << 5); //Alpm.TransFlag.RECURSE
 			}
 			write_pamac_config_finished (recurse, refresh_period, no_update_hide_icon,
-											enable_aur, search_aur, check_aur_updates);
+											enable_aur, search_aur, aur_build_dir, check_aur_updates);
 		}
 
 		void on_write_alpm_config_finished (bool checkspace) {